Toaster.



E. H., BERNS & G. DANZ.

TOASTER. APPLICATION men 0:0. s 1917.

Patented June 25, 1918.

TOASTEE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, MW.

Application mea December 6, 1917. Serial No. 205,844.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD H. Balms and GEORGE DANZ, citizens of the United States, residing at Monroe, in the county of Monroe and State of Michigan, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Toasters; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,.,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apertains to make and use the same, reference [icing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. p

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in toasting devices for use in connection with heaters of difi'erent kinds and consists of a simple and efficient means for holding the article to be toasted so arranged that. when it is toasted upon one side the holder may be swung into another positionadjacent the heat radiating member to toast the article upon the other side and without the use of an implement to swing the holder.

Our invention consists of various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the ap ended-claim.

ur in-vention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form apart of this specification and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation,-and

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the toaster.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

A and B designate respectively the top and bottom plates of the device, .said top plate being of smaller area than the bottom plate, the latter being supported upon spherical-shaped feet E, and E designates inclined corner posts connecting the two plates and holding the same spaced apart. A designates a conical shaped radiation member-of any suitable material, such as wire, positioned intermediate the plates. Said heat radiating member isadap ted to be placed over a burner of oil, s or other sive heatin posed. Each post has a beading E a slight distance from its upper end and forming a bearing for an eye L which is formed at the longitudinal center of a bail-shaped member S, which latter has hooks S formed at the ends of its forked arms.

Plates, designated by letter H have each an aperture I at one end by means of which each plate is pivotally mounted upon a shoulder E of post E and the free end of each plate is contracted as at T. The opposite edges of the plates are provided with flanges O which are apertured for the reception of the hooked ends S. The slices of bread to be toasted, one of which is shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, are placed upon the plates and by reason of the plates being mounted in the manner shown they are permitted to swing upon the posts and will rest by gravity in the positlon shown .in the drawings with the contracted ends T against the posts. 'What we claim to be new is: A toaster, comprising a frame having inclined corner posts, a top and a bottom plate supported by said posts, a conical heat radiating member fastened at its ends to said plates, each post having a shouldered portion above the bottom plate, a beading upon each post a short distance from the upper end thereof, a swinging toast supporting member pivotally mounted upon each post and supported by the shoulder thereon, forked members made of wires each twisted to form an eye at their longitudinal centers and pivotally mounted upon a post and having a bearing upon the beading thereon, the ends of the forked members terminating in hooks connected to said swinging toast supporting members.

In testimony whereof we hereunto affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD H. BERNS. I GEORGE DANZ.

Witnesses:

W. J. Hum, Sn, MERRHJL vlllmim. 

